Section 1 Need to Express
1. Your artifact and the need to express
2. Another artifact or artist or concept from the course and the need to express
Intent
1. Your artifact and intent
2. Another artifact or artist or concept from the course and intent
Relation to today’s issues
1. Your artifact and how it can relate to today's issues
2. Another artifact or artist or concept from the course and how it can relate to today's issues
HUM 100 Project 2 Short Answer Responses Guidelines and Ru
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HUM 100 Project 2 Short Answer Responses Guidelines and Ru
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Overview
The enduring relevance of the humanities is that they encourage us to consider a number of “big ideas.” What is culture? How do we go about studying it? What
is the relationship between cultural artifacts and the culture in which they are created? Between artists and the creators of cultural artifacts and the things they
create? How is human meaning generated through cultural creations? We humans seem driven to express and create in our search to understand and be
understood.
In Project 2, you will use the ideas you have studied throughout the course in addition to the insights you have gained from your deep thinking about your
chosen artifact to discuss why humans are driven to express themselves in so many ways. You will draw conclusions about the reciprocal relationship between
forms of expression and the context in which they are created and experienced.
The short answer response assignment will assess the following course outcomes, which you focus on throughout Modules Five through Eight:
Investigate major developments in the humanities for informing critical questions related to human culture and endeavors
Articulate the value of the humanities for their impact on contemporary issues focusing on how humans generate unique meanings
Prompt
Articulate the value of human creative expression to the advancement of human culture. Be sure to state your opinions clearly and specifically and to provide
ample detail from your course materials and the study of your chosen artifact in Project 1. You should address each of these in writing as three separate
explanations. This is not meant to be an essay.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Explain why you believe humans have a need to express themselves through created artifacts.
a) Explain the larger human need to express using the insights you gained from studying your artifact.
) Detail how a person and/or concept encountered in this course has informed your explanation.
II. Explain how you think the act of human creative expression impacts and is impacted by the culture in which it was created.
a) Explain the larger reciprocal relationship between human creative expression and the culture in which it was created using the insights you
gained from studying your artifact.
) Detail how a person and/or concept encountered in this course has informed your explanation.
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III. Explain how you believe human creative expression can impact issues we deal with today. Be sure to be specific about the issues you are addressing.
a) Use the insights you gained from studying your artifact to explain how creative expression can impact today’s issues.
) Detail how a person and/or concept encountered in this course has informed your explanation.
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Guidelines for Submission: Submit your three individual short answer responses in a single Microsoft Word document.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Need to Express: Your
Artifact
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
insights chosen illustrate a
sophisticated explanation of
the larger human need to
express
Explains the larger human need
to express using insights gained
from studying the artifact
Explains the larger human need
to express using insights gained
from studying the artifact, but
is cursory or has inaccuracies
Does not explain the larger
human need to express using
insights gained from studying
the artifact
16
Need to Express: This
Course
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
person and/or concept chosen
illustrates a sophisticated
explanation of the larger
human need to express
Details how a person and/or
concept encountered in the
course has informed the
explanation of the larger
human need to express
Details how a person and/or
concept encountered in the
course has informed the
explanation, but is cursory or
has inaccuracies
Does not detail how a person
and/or concept encountered in
the course has informed the
explanation
16
Impacts and Is
Impacted by Culture:
Your Artifact
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
insights chosen illustrate a
sophisticated explanation of
the larger reciprocal
elationship
Explains the larger reciprocal
elationship between human
creative expression and the
culture in which it was created
using the insights gained from
studying the artifact
Explains the larger reciprocal
elationship between human
creative expression and the
culture in which it was created
using the insights gained from
studying the artifact, but is
cursory or has inaccuracies
Does not explain the larger
eciprocal relationship
etween human creative
expression and the culture in
which it was created using the
insights gained from studying
the artifact
16
Impacts and Is
Impacted by Culture:
This Course
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
person and/or concept chosen
illustrates a sophisticated
explanation of the larger
eciprocal relationship
Details how a person and/or
concept encountered in the
course has informed the
explanation of the larger
eciprocal relationship
Details how a person and/or
concept encountered in the
course has informed the
explanation of the larger
eciprocal relationship, but is
cursory or has inaccuracies
Does not detail how a person
and/or concept encountered in
the course has informed the
explanation of the larger
eciprocal relationship
16
Impact on Today’s
Issues: Your Artifact
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
insights chosen illustrate a
sophisticated explanation of
creative expression’s impact
Explains how creative
expression can impact specific
contemporary issues using
insights gained from studying
the artifact
Explains how creative
expression can impact specific
contemporary issues using
insights gained from studying
the artifact, but is cursory or
has inaccuracies
Does not explain how creative
expression can impact specific
contemporary issues using
insights gained from studying
the artifact
16
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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Impact on Today’s
Issues: This Course
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
person and/or concept chosen
illustrates a sophisticated
explanation of creative
expression’s impact
Details how a person and/or
concept encountered in the
course has informed the
explanation of the impact of
creative expression on specific
contemporary issues
Details how a person and/or